Odd Stuff

Category Archives: Music

For the first time in almost two decades, I started my day by waking up from a very strange dream. Most of my dreams have been dreams of ordinary life with, at most, a single odd element—a person or thing … Continue reading →

Since this isn’t a single-theme blog, and my main goal is to become better at writing non-technical non-fiction, I use blogging challenges to prompt me to write outside my comfort zone. NaNoBloPo (originally National Blog Posting Month; now continues with … Continue reading →

On my way to reading an article by Atul Gawande in the January 24, 2011 issue of the New Yorker, I stumbled on a Talk of the Town piece about an odd electronic instrument called the Swarmatron. Hadn’t paid attention … Continue reading →